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Thanks - its still going strong! I'll do an update on it soon.

Very nice! Aren't ferns great?

Thanks! I will do an update on this tree soon - its doing great and grown a couple of feet since this video.

Looking forward for your update. Great news 👏

Great tip too - I think I am leaving them on too long and that almost any tape left on there for that long would fuse with the bark. I should probably change it every month or so.

Thanks for the tips - never thought of athletic tape. I'll give it a try because I will be doing some more work to this one for sure.

Its a wonderful thing that we each get to decide what is beautiful to us and what is ugly. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say, and luckily, I am the beholder here :) Thanks for watching!

Good question - its not entirely clear from the video. Overall, and most importantly: its two parts organic to one part non-organic. I get my inorganic from two places: the perlite in the peat mix I use and the perlite+sand+lava in the succulent mix. Since both the succulent and the perlite mix contain organics and inorganics, I figure it gets me roughly to a 2 to 1 ratio. I am going to do a full series on soils where I work from the base ingredients rather than mixes like this to make it more clear.

Good question - the pruning can be a bit of a shock to the plant, so I always do it as a precaution anytime I do extensive pruning or root work. The idea is, it will get less sunlight and so will feel less pressure for photosynthesis. Also - and maybe more importantly - I put them in a place where I will keep my eyes on them a bit more than if they go back in their regular place.

Thanks for the tips. This thing recovered really well and had a great couple of seasons - I pruned it back once more this past summer and it did great. Unfortunately, it died this winter when we had below zero temps and ice storms. Can't win them all :(

Glad you think so, I appreciate hearing that!

Yes, absolutely - I have a young corkscrew willow that I started from a cutting and have been cutting roughly half the canopy off each year. It works great to make it more of a small bush shape. Good luck!

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It's a lodgepole pine tree - very young, still pre-bonsai state and still doing great :)

Thanks for watching!

Are you putting it in a bigger pot? If so, you should be fine. To put it in a smaller pot, you might wait until early next spring.

Yeah I haven’t decided yet. It has a really cool trunk already but it would look cool bigger as well

Yeah - super resilient trees! This one is already ready for another cutting - it came back hard and even flowered this winter.

@@kinderfarms8417how’d you get it to flower? I live in a really hot environment and mine hasn’t flowered in the 6 years I’ve been growing it.

@@Wobbledwob - I am not sure how it happened and was a first for me. Will post an update on it soon.

I think so too! This is one of my favorites.

How did it work out? Coffee grinder? That's smart!

@@kinderfarms8417 It worked great. I'm keeping it with my plant supplies now.

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You are not wrong, if your objective is to get to the bonsai look of a fat, old trunk fastest. On the other hand, there are a lot of bonsai growers out there who like the approach of keeping small trees small through clip-and-grow approach. The fact is - there is no rule book because there is no 'official bonsai technique' - I actually prefer the look of young slender trees. These are invasive - I pick the fruit off as best I can - but there are so many already planted in my neighborhood. Bradford pear huh - that's an invasive species for sure - but have never seen one Bonsai'd before. Would love to see how they are doing.

Oh wow! Let us know how they go!

Many many thanks - appreciate you letting me know!

Thank you! Cheers!

That's the dream! Cheers!

It depends on the time of year and humidity - I generally let the soil dry out before watering again. Once a week in the winter and twice a week in the summer is about right for my area. Cheers!

Yes - I am a HUGE fan of coco-coir - its more sustainable than peat moss. You can use it alongside or in place of the peat.

U krasit në fund të gushtit - më pëlqen të krasit kur bimët rriten fuqishëm. It was pruned in late August - I like to prune when the plants are growing vigorously.

Ho effettuato la potatura a fine agosto: mi piace potare mentre la pianta cresce e ha ancora un po' di tempo per guarire prima dell'inverno. Il video del recupero è di qualche mese dopo. I pruned in late August - I like to prune while the plant is growing and still has some time to heal before winter. The video of the recovery is a few months later.

Thank you! I am a newbie myself (last 5 or 6 years) and it just takes a little learning and a lot of experimenting - these trees are tougher than we give them credit for.

thank you! Glad you enjoyed - I have a great time making them.

​@kinderfarms8417 It would be wonderful if you could make individual shorts on 10 or so rather unusual soil mixes and then list the plants that this soil mix would be applicable to. That would be awesome. Just like the person that this comment originated from, I have spent a lot of time trying to find a straightforward video for soil mixture for Asparagus Fern and have had to fast forward through a good many of them before I found yours!

I suggested that he do videos on 10 or 15 off-beat soil mixes like what you're looking for for your pilea. I actually need to go back to my suggestion and rewrite it, so it's similar to what I just wrote here. In the area where links are added by the creator, he could list many of the plants that the mix would be good for. Back to my grinding.

This is a great idea - I will take you up on it.

I think its a good idea - thanks! I've done a lot of work on this planting recently to add more trunks. I'll do a video on it soon.

Thanks! I'll try to post an update on it every year - best of luck with yours!

Thank you so much - its been a month since the cut and it seems to have even started growing a little. I am hopeful it will make it through the winter and we'll see it come back next spring.

They are really great trees, but they do make challenging bonsai material. I did a major cut this winter and then some root work this spring and it had an 'okay' summer, will post an update.

That pun 'cut' to the quick of the problem though! Same here - I played the scenario out to the end and saw myself with no space left if I wasn't a lot more selective about what I kept. I saw 'plant hoarder' in my future...

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I really love how vigorous they are - really impressed with them.

Well said - the will to survive that these trees have amaze me.

Thanks much! I'm really excited about how its going so far!

Thank you - I am not going to call it a full success until I see how it does over the winter. I am in zone 8b, so our winters are mild. I've had success with Ficus air-layers, but had similar results to what you described with maples in the past. We'll keep our fingers cross that both our maples have a good winter and a vigorous spring!

On the cat - Loki - he's my constant gardening buddy! On these tuxedo cats, its odd when you see one that looks 'almost' the same isn't it?

You aren't wrong - I was looking at some of them yesterday going 'Why didn't I cut that?' - On some of them, I am trying to build vigor up so I can do a really big cut later, but I think I just overlooked a bunch of good cuts too.

Thank you - and great to meet you - glad you are here!

Thank you so much!! You are very kind :)

I was recently given one of these from an elderly woman who said her grandmother started in 120-125 years ago. The thing is massive!

@@Prickly-Brew Wow! That's an old plant! These things are really vigorous, so it doesn't surprise me that they are able to make it that long.

Thank you! Cheers!

You are so kind! Welcome! I this tree is a really strong grower - its very pleasing :)

Thank you so much - they are having a rough time in the summer heat. Hopefully they'll do well.

Thank you! Its been fun watching them grow up!